Body size in the Eurasian lynx in Sweden: Dependence on prey availability

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 505-513

  Yom Tov, Yoram ^a   Kjellander, Petter ^b   Yom Tov, Shlomith ^a   Mortensen, Peter ^c   Andrén, Henrik ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body size; Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx; Prey; Reindeer Rangifer tarandus; Roe deer Capreolus capreolus; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; FELID; GENDER ROLE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; UNGULATE;

SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 77952423524     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0728-9     Document Type: Article

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